Effective December 21, 2006, the
Companys Par Value changed
from HK$0.50 to HK$3.00
Exhibit A to Deposit Agreement
No.
AMERICAN DEPOSITARY SHARES
(Each American Depositary Share
represents one (1) deposited Share)
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
AMERICAN DEPOSITARY RECEIPT
FOR ORDINARY SHARES
PAR VALUE HK$0.50 EACH OF
ZINDART LIMITED
(INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS
OF HONG KONG)
The Bank of New York as depositary
(hereinafter called the Depositary), hereby
certifies that
, or registered
assigns IS THE OWNER OF
AMERICAN DEPOSITARY SHARES
representing deposited Ordinary Shares
(herein called Shares) of Zindart Limited,
incorporated under the laws of Hong Kong
(herein called the Company). At the date
hereof, each American Depositary Share
represents one (1) Share which is either
deposited or subject to deposit under the
deposit agreement at the Hong Kong office of
The HongKong Shanghai Banking
Corporation Limited (herein called the
Custodian). The Depositarys Corporate Trust
Office is located at a different address than its
principal executive office. Its Corporate
Trust Office is located at 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxx Xxxx, X.X. 10286, and its principal
executive office is located at 00 Xxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxx Xxxx, X.X. 10286.
THE DEPOSITARYS CORPORATE
TRUST OFFICE ADDRESS IS
000 XXXXXXX XXXXXX, XXX XXXX,
X.X. 10286
1. THE DEPOSIT AGREEMENT.
This American Depositary Receipt is
one of an issue (herein called Receipts), all
issued and to be issued upon the terms and
conditions set forth in the deposit agreement,
dated as of March 5, 1997 (herein called the
Deposit Agreement), by and among the
Company, the Depositary, and all Owners and
holders from time to time of Receipts issued
thereunder, each of whom by accepting a
Receipt agrees to become a party thereto and
become bound by all the terms and conditions
thereof. The Deposit Agreement sets forth
the rights of Owners and holders of the
Receipts and the rights and duties of the
Depositary in respect of the Shares deposited
thereunder and any and all other securities,
property and cash from time to time received
in respect of such Shares and held thereunder
(such Shares, securities, property, and cash
are herein called Deposited Securities).
Copies of the Deposit Agreement are on file
at the Depositarys Corporate Trust Office in
New York City and at the office of the
Custodian.
The statements made on the face and
reverse of this Receipt are summaries of
certain provisions of the Deposit Agreement
and are qualified by and subject to the
detailed provisions of the Deposit Agreement,
to which reference is hereby made.
Capitalized terms not defined herein shall
have the meanings set forth in the Deposit
Agreement.
2. SURRENDER OF RECEIPTS
AND WITHDRAWAL OF SHARES.
Upon surrender at the Corporate Trust
Office of the Depositary of this Receipt, and
upon payment of the fee of the Depositary
provided in this Receipt, and subject to the
terms and conditions of the Deposit
Agreement, the Owner hereof is entitled to
delivery, to him or upon his order, of the
Deposited Securities at the time represented
by the American Depositary Shares for which
this Receipt is issued. Delivery of such
Deposited Securities may be made by the
delivery of (a) certificates in the name of the
Owner hereof or as ordered by him or by the
delivery of certificates properly endorsed or
accompanied by proper instruments of
transfer and (b) any other securities, property
and cash to which such Owner is then entitled
in respect of this Receipt. Such delivery will
be made at the option of the Owner hereof,
either at the office of the Custodian or at the
Corporate Trust Office of the Depositary,
provided that the forwarding of certificates
for Shares or other Deposited Securities for
such delivery at the Corporate Trust Office of
the Depositary shall be at the risk and
expense of the Owner hereof.
Notwithstanding any other provision of the
Deposit Agreement or this Receipt, the sur-
render of outstanding Receipts and
withdrawal of Deposited Securities may be
suspended only for (i) temporary delays
caused by closing the transfer books of the
Depositary or the Company or the deposit of
Shares in connection with voting at a
shareholders meeting, or the payment of
dividends, (ii) the payment of fees, taxes and
similar charges, and (iii) compliance with any
U.S. or foreign laws or governmental regula-
tions relating to the Receipts or to the
withdrawal of the Deposited Securities.
3. TRANSFERS, SPLITUPS, AND
COMBINATIONS OF RECEIPTS.
The transfer of this Receipt is
registrable on the books of the Depositary at
its Corporate Trust Office by the Owner
hereof in person or by a duly authorized
attorney, upon surrender of this Receipt
properly endorsed for transfer or ac-
companied by proper instruments of transfer
and funds sufficient to pay any applicable
transfer taxes and the expenses of the
Depositary and upon compliance with such
regulations, if any, as the Depositary may
establish for such purpose. This Receipt may
be split into other such Receipts, or may be
combined with other such Receipts into one
Receipt, evidencing the same aggregate
number of American Depositary Shares as the
Receipt or Receipts surrendered. As a
condition precedent to the execution and
delivery, registration of transfer, splitup,
combination, or surrender of any Receipt or
withdrawal of any Deposited Securities, the
Depositary, the Custodian, or Registrar may
require payment from the presentor of the Re-
ceipt of a sum sufficient to reimburse it for
any tax or other governmental charge and any
stock transfer or registration fee with respect
thereto (including any such tax or charge and
fee with respect to Shares being deposited or
withdrawn) and payment of any applicable
fees as provided in this Receipt, may require
the production of proof satisfactory to it as to
the identity and genuineness of any signature
and may also require compliance with any
regulations the Depositary may establish
consistent with the provisions of the Deposit
Agreement or this Receipt.
The delivery of Receipts against
deposits of Shares generally or against
deposits of particular Shares may be sus-
pended, or the transfer of Receipts in
particular instances may be refused, or the
registration of transfer of outstanding
Receipts generally may be suspended, during
any period when the transfer books of the
Depositary are closed, or if any such action is
deemed necessary or advisable by the
Depositary or the Company at any time or
from time to time because of any requirement
of law or of any government or governmental
body or commission, or under any provision
of the Deposit Agreement or this Receipt, or
for any other reason, subject to Article (22)
hereof. Without limitation of the foregoing,
the Depositary shall not knowingly accept for
deposit under the Deposit Agreement any
Shares required to be registered under the
provisions of the Securities Act of 1933,
unless a registration statement is in effect as
to such Shares.
4. LIABILITY OF OWNER FOR
TAXES.
If any tax or other governmental
charge shall become payable with respect to
any Receipt or any Deposited Securities
represented hereby, such tax or other
governmental charge shall be payable by the
Owner hereof to the Depositary. The
Depositary may refuse to effect any transfer
of this Receipt or any withdrawal of
Deposited Securities represented by
American Depositary Shares evidenced by
such Receipt until such payment is made, and
may withhold any dividends or other
distributions, or may sell for the account of
the Owner hereof any part or all of the
Deposited Securities represented by the
American Depositary Shares evidenced by
this Receipt, and may apply such dividends or
other distributions or the proceeds of any such
sale in payment of such tax or other
governmental charge and the Owner hereof
shall remain liable for any deficiency.
5. WARRANTIES OF
DEPOSITORS.
Every person depositing Shares
hereunder shall be deemed thereby to
represent and warrant that such Shares and
each certificate therefor are validly issued,
fully paid, nonassessable, and free of any
preemptive rights of the holders of
outstanding Shares and that the person
making such deposit is duly authorized so to
do. Every such person shall also be deemed
to represent that the deposit of such Shares
and the sale of Receipts evidencing American
Depositary Shares representing such Shares
by that person are not restricted under the
Securities Act of 1933. Such representations
and warranties shall survive the deposit of
Shares and issuance of Receipts.
6. FILING PROOFS,
CERTIFICATES, AND OTHER
INFORMATION.
Any person presenting Shares for
deposit or any Owner of a Receipt may be
required from time to time to file with the
Depositary or the Custodian such proof of
citizenship or residence, exchange control
approval, or such information relating to the
registration on the books of the Company or
the Foreign Registrar, if applicable, to
execute such certificates and to make such
representations and warranties, as the De-
positary may deem necessary or proper. The
Depositary may withhold the delivery or
registration of transfer of any Receipt or the
distribution of any dividend or sale or
distribution of rights or of the proceeds
thereof or the delivery of any Deposited
Securities until such proof or other
information is filed or such certificates are
executed or such representations and
warranties made. No Share shall be accepted
for deposit unless accompanied by evidence
satisfactory to the Depositary that any
necessary approval has been granted by any
governmental body in Hong Kong which is
then performing the function of the regulation
of currency exchange.
7. CHARGES OF DEPOSITARY.
The Company agrees to pay the fees,
reasonable expenses and outofpocket charges
of the Depositary and those of any Registrar
only in accordance with agreements in
writing entered into between the Depositary
and the Company from time to time. The
Depositary shall present its statement for such
charges and expenses to the Company once
every three months. The charges and
expenses of the Custodian are for the sole
account of the Depositary.
The following charges shall be
incurred by any party depositing or
withdrawing Shares or by any party
surrendering Receipts or to whom Receipts
are issued (including, without limitation,
issuance pursuant to a stock dividend or stock
split declared by the Company or an exchange
of stock regarding the Receipts or Deposited
Securities or a distribution of Receipts
pursuant to Section 4.3 of the Deposit
Agreement), whichever applicable: (1) taxes
and other governmental charges, (2) such
registration fees as may from time to time be
in effect for the registration of transfers of
Shares generally on the Share register of the
Company or Foreign Registrar and applicable
to transfers of Shares to the name of the
Depositary or its nominee or the Custodian or
its nominee on the making of deposits or
withdrawals hereunder, (3) such cable, telex
and facsimile transmission expenses as are
expressly provided in the Deposit Agreement,
(4) such expenses as are incurred by the
Depositary in the conversion of foreign cur-
rency pursuant to Section 4.5 of the Deposit
Agreement, (5) a fee of $5.00 or less per 100
American Depositary Shares (or portion
thereof) for the execution and delivery of
Receipts pursuant to Section 2.3, 4.3 or 4.4,
and the surrender of Receipts pursuant to
Section 2.5 or 6.2 of the Deposit Agreement,
(6) a fee of $.02 or less per American
Depositary Share (or portion thereof) for any
cash distribution made pursuant to the
Deposit Agreement including, but not limited
to Sections 4.1 through 4.4 thereof and (7) a
fee for the distribution of securities pursuant
to Section 4.2 of the Deposit Agreement, such
fee being in an amount equal to the fee for the
execution and delivery of American
Depositary Shares referred to above which
would have been charged as a result of the
deposit of such securities (for purposes of this
clause (7) treating all such securities as if they
were Shares), but which securities are instead
distributed by the Depositary to Owners.
The Depositary, subject to Article (8)
hereof, may own and deal in any class of
securities of the Company and its affiliates
and in Receipts.
8. PRERELEASE OF SHARES AND
RECEIPTS.
Notwithstanding Section 2.3 of the
Deposit Agreement, the Depositary may
execute and deliver Receipts prior to the re-
ceipt of Shares pursuant to Section 2.2 of the
Deposit Agreement (PreRelease). The
Depositary may, pursuant to Section 2.5 of
the Deposit Agreement, deliver Shares upon
the receipt and cancellation of Receipts which
have been PreReleased, whether or not such
cancellation is prior to the termination of such
PreRelease or the Depositary knows that such
Receipt has been PreReleased. The
Depositary may receive Receipts in lieu of
Shares in satisfactory of a PreRelease. Each
PreRelease will be (a) preceded or
accompanied by a written representation from
the person to whom Receipts are to be deliv-
ered that such person, or its customer, owns
the Shares or Receipts to be remitted, as the
case may be, (b) at all times fully
collateralized with cash or such other
collateral as the Depositary deems
appropriate, (c) terminable by the Depositary
on not more than five (5) business days
notice, and (d) subject to such further
indemnities and credit regulations as the
Depositary deems appropriate. The number
of American Depositary Shares which are
outstanding at any time as a result of
PreReleases will not normally exceed thirty
percent (30%) of the Shares deposited under
the Deposit Agreement provided, however,
that the Depositary reserves the right to
change or disregard such limit from time to
time as it deems appropriate.
The Depositary may retain for its own
account any compensation received by it in
connection with the foregoing.
9. TITLE TO RECEIPTS.
It is a condition of this Receipt and
every successive holder and Owner of this
Receipt by accepting or holding the same
consents and agrees, that title to this Receipt
when properly endorsed or accompanied by
proper instruments of transfer, is transferable
by delivery with the same effect as in the case
of a negotiable instrument, provided,
however, that the Depositary, notwithstanding
any notice to the contrary, may treat the
person in whose name this Receipt is reg-
istered on the books of the Depositary as the
absolute owner hereof for the purpose of
determining the person entitled to distribution
of dividends or other distributions or to any
notice provided for in the Deposit Agreement
or for all other purposes.
10. VALIDITY OF RECEIPT.
This Receipt shall not be entitled to
any benefits under the Deposit Agreement or
be valid or obligatory for any purpose, unless
this Receipt shall have been executed by the
Depositary by the manual or facsimile
signature of a duly authorized signatory of the
Depositary and, if a Registrar for the Receipts
shall have been appointed, countersigned by
the manual or facsimile signature of a duly
authorized officer of the Registrar.
11. REPORTS INSPECTION OF
TRANSFER BOOKS.
The Company is subject to the
periodic reporting requirements of the Securi-
ties Exchange Act of 1934 and, accordingly,
files certain reports with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (hereinafter called the
Commission).
Such reports and communications
will be available for inspection and copying at
the public reference facilities maintained by
the Commission located at 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx,
X.X., Xxxxxxxxxx, X.X. 00000.
The Depositary will make available
for inspection by Owners of Receipts at its
Corporate Trust Office any reports and
communications, including any proxy
soliciting material, received from the
Company which are both (a) received by the
Depositary as the holder of the Deposited
Securities and (b) made generally available to
the holders of such Deposited Securities by
the Company. The Depositary will also, upon
written request, send to Owners of Receipts
copies of such reports when furnished by the
Company pursuant to the Deposit Agreement.
Any such reports and communications,
including any such proxy soliciting material,
furnished to the Depositary by the Company
shall be furnished in English.
The Depositary will keep books for
the registration of Receipts and transfers of
Receipts which at all reasonable times shall
be open for inspection by the Owners of
Receipts provided that such inspection shall
not be for the purpose of communicating with
Owners of Receipts in the interest of a
business or object other than the business of
the Company or a matter related to the
Deposit Agreement or the Receipts.
12. DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS.
Whenever the Depositary receives any
cash dividend or other cash distribution on
any Deposited Securities, the Depositary will,
if at the time of receipt thereof any amounts
received in a foreign currency can in the
judgment of the Depositary be converted on a
reasonable basis into United States dollars
transferable to the United States, and subject
to the Deposit Agreement, convert such
dividend or distribution into dollars and will
distribute the amount thus received to the
Owners of Receipts entitled thereto, provided,
however, that in the event that the Company
or the Depositary is required to withhold and
does withhold from any cash dividend or
other cash distribution in respect of any
Deposited Securities an amount on account of
taxes, the amount distributed to the Owners
of the Receipts evidencing American
Depositary Shares representing such
Deposited Securities shall be reduced accord-
ingly.
Subject to the provisions of Section
4.11 and 5.9 of the Deposit Agreement,
whenever the Depositary receives any dis-
tribution other than a distribution described in
Sections 4.1, 4.3 or 4.4 of the Deposit
Agreement, the Depositary will cause the
securities or property received by it to be
distributed to the Owners of Receipts entitled
thereto, in any manner that the Depositary
may deem equitable and practicable for ac-
complishing such distribution provided,
however, that if in the opinion of the
Depositary such distribution cannot be made
proportionately among the Owners of
Receipts entitled thereto, or if for any other
reason the Depositary deems such distribution
not to be feasible, the Depositary may adopt
such method as it may deem equitable and
practicable for the purpose of effecting such
distribution, including, but not limited to, the
public or private sale of the securities or
property thus received, or any part thereof,
and the net proceeds of any such sale (net of
the fees of the Depositary as provided in
Section 5.9 of the Deposit Agreement) shall
be distributed by the Depositary to the
Owners of Receipts entitled thereto as in the
case of a distribution received in cash.
If any distribution consists of a
dividend in, or free distribution of, Shares, the
Depositary may and shall if the Company
shall so request, distribute to the Owners of
outstanding Receipts entitled thereto,
additional Receipts evidencing an aggregate
number of American Depositary Shares rep-
resenting the amount of Shares received as
such dividend or free distribution subject to
the terms and conditions of the Deposit
Agreement with respect to the deposit of
Shares and the issuance of American
Depositary Shares evidenced by Receipts,
including the withholding of any tax or other
governmental charge as provided in Section
4.11 of the Deposit Agreement and the
payment of the fees of the Depositary as
provided in Section 5.9 of the Deposit
Agreement. In lieu of delivering Receipts for
fractional American Depositary Shares in any
such case, the Depositary will sell the amount
of Shares represented by the aggregate of
such fractions and distribute the net proceeds,
all in the manner and subject to the conditions
set forth in the Deposit Agreement. If ad-
ditional Receipts are not so distributed, each
American Depositary Share shall thenceforth
also represent the additional Shares
distributed upon the Deposited Securities
represented thereby.
In the event that the Depositary
determines that any distribution in property
(including Shares and rights to subscribe
therefor) is subject to any tax or other
governmental charge which the Depositary is
obligated to withhold, the Depositary may by
public or private sale dispose of all or a
portion of such property (including Shares
and rights to subscribe therefor) in such
amounts and in such manner as the
Depositary deems necessary and practicable
to pay any such taxes or charges, and the
Depositary shall distribute the net proceeds of
any such sale after deduction of such taxes or
charges to the Owners of Receipts entitled
thereto.
13. CONVERSION OF FOREIGN
CURRENCY.
Whenever the Depositary shall
receive foreign currency, by way of dividends
or other distributions or the net proceeds from
the sale of securities, property or rights, and if
at the time of the receipt thereof the foreign
currency so received can in the judgment of
the Depositary be converted on a reasonable
basis into Dollars and the resulting Dollars
transferred to the United States, the
Depositary shall convert or cause to be
converted, by sale or in any other manner that
it may determine, such foreign currency into
Dollars, and such Dollars shall be distributed
to the Owners entitled thereto or, if the
Depositary shall have distributed any
warrants or other instruments which entitle
the holders thereof to such Dollars, then to
the holders of such warrants and/or instru-
ments upon surrender thereof for cancellation.
Such distribution may be made upon an
averaged or other practicable basis without
regard to any distinctions among Owners on
account of exchange restrictions, the date of
delivery of any Receipt or otherwise and shall
be net of any expenses of conversion into
Dollars incurred by the Depositary as
provided in Section 5.9 of the Deposit
Agreement.
If such conversion or distribution can
be effected only with the approval or license
of any government or agency thereof, the
Depositary shall file such application for ap-
proval or license, if any, as it may deem
desirable.
If at any time the Depositary shall
determine that in its judgment any foreign
currency received by the Depositary is not
convertible on a reasonable basis into Dollars
transferable to the United States, or if any
approval or license of any government or
agency thereof which is required for such
conversion is denied or in the opinion of the
Depositary is not obtainable, or if any such
approval or license is not obtained within a
reasonable period as determined by the
Depositary, the Depositary may distribute the
foreign currency (or an appropriate document
evidencing the right to receive such foreign
currency) received by the Depositary to, or in
its discretion may hold such foreign currency
uninvested and without liability for interest
thereon for the respective accounts of, the
Owners entitled to receive the same.
If any such conversion of foreign
currency, in whole or in part, cannot be
effected for distribution to some of the
Owners entitled thereto, the Depositary may
in its discretion make such conversion and
distribution in Dollars to the extent
permissible to the Owners entitled thereto and
may distribute the balance of the foreign
currency received by the Depositary to, or
hold such balance uninvested and without
liability for interest thereon for the respective
accounts of, the Owners entitled thereto.
14. RIGHTS.
In the event that the Company shall
offer or cause to be offered to the holders of
any Deposited Securities any rights to
subscribe for additional Shares or any rights
of any other nature, the Depositary shall have
discretion as to the procedure to be followed
in making such rights available to any
Owners or in disposing of such rights on
behalf of any Owners and making the net
proceeds available in Dollars to such Owners
or, if by the terms of such rights offering or,
for any other reason, the Depositary may not
either make such rights available to any
Owners or dispose of such rights and make
the net proceeds available to such Owners,
then the Depositary shall allow the rights to
lapse. If at the time of the offering of any
rights the Depositary determines in its
discretion that it is lawful and feasible to
make such rights available to all Owners or to
certain Owners but not to other Owners, the
Depositary may distribute, to any Owner to
whom it determines the distribution to be
lawful and feasible, in proportion to the
number of American Depositary Shares held
by such Owner, warrants or other instruments
therefor in such form as it deems appropriate.
In circumstances in which rights
would otherwise not be distributed, if an
Owner of Receipts requests the distribution of
warrants or other instruments in order to
exercise the rights allocable to the American
Depositary Shares of such Owner hereunder,
the Depositary will make such rights avail-
able to such Owner upon written notice from
the Company to the Depositary that (a) the
Company has elected in its sole discretion to
permit such rights to be exercised and (b)
such Owner has executed such documents as
the Company has determined in its sole
discretion are reasonably required under
applicable law.
If the Depositary has distributed
warrants or other instruments for rights to all
or certain Owners, then upon instruction from
such an Owner pursuant to such warrants or
other instruments to the Depositary from such
Owner to exercise such rights, upon payment
by such Owner to the Depositary for the
account of such Owner of an amount equal to
the purchase price of the Shares to be
received upon the exercise of the rights, and
upon payment of the fees of the Depositary
and any other charges as set forth in such
warrants or other instruments, the Depositary
shall, on behalf of such Owner, exercise the
rights and purchase the Shares, and the
Company shall cause the Shares so purchased
to be delivered to the Depositary on behalf of
such Owner. As agent for such Owner, the
Depositary will cause the Shares so purchased
to be deposited pursuant to Section 2.2 of the
Deposit Agreement, and shall, pursuant to
Section 2.3 of the Deposit Agreement, ex-
ecute and deliver Receipts to such Owner. In
the case of a distribution pursuant to the
second paragraph of this Article, such
Receipts shall be legended in accordance with
applicable U.S. laws, and shall be subject to
the appropriate restrictions on sale, deposit,
cancellation, and transfer under such laws.
If the Depositary determines in its
discretion that it is not lawful and feasible to
make such rights available to all or certain
Owners, it may sell the rights, warrants or
other instruments in proportion to the number
of American Depositary Shares held by the
Owners to whom it has determined it may not
lawfully or feasibly make such rights
available, and allocate the net proceeds of
such sales (net of the fees of the Depositary as
provided in Section 5.9 of the Deposit
Agreement and all taxes and governmental
charges payable in connection with such
rights and subject to the terms and conditions
of the Deposit Agreement) for the account of
such Owners otherwise entitled to such rights,
warrants or other instruments, upon an
averaged or other practical basis without
regard to any distinctions among such
Owners because of exchange restrictions or
the date of delivery of any Receipt or other-
wise.
The Depositary will not offer rights to
Owners unless both the rights and the
securities to which such rights relate are
either exempt from registration under the
Securities Act of 1933 with respect to a
distribution to Owners or are registered under
the provisions of such Act. If an Owner of
Receipts requests distribution of warrants or
other instruments, notwithstanding that there
has been no such registration under such Act,
the Depositary shall not effect such dis-
tribution unless it has received an opinion
from recognized counsel in the United States
for the Company upon which the Depositary
may rely that such distribution to such Owner
is exempt from such registration.
The Depositary shall not be
responsible for any failure to determine that it
may be lawful or feasible to make such rights
available to Owners in general or any Owner
in particular.
15. RECORD DATES.
Whenever any cash dividend or other
cash distribution shall become payable or any
distribution other than cash shall be made, or
whenever rights shall be issued with respect
to the Deposited Securities, or whenever for
any reason the Depositary causes a change in
the number of Shares that are represented by
each American Depositary Share, or
whenever the Depositary shall receive notice
of any meeting of holders of Shares or other
Deposited Securities, the Depositary shall fix
a record date (a) for the determination of the
Owners of Receipts who shall be (i) entitled
to receive such dividend, distribution or rights
or the net proceeds of the sale thereof or (ii)
entitled to give instructions for the exercise of
voting rights at any such meeting, or (b) on or
after which each American Depositary Share
will represent the changed number of Shares,
subject to the provisions of the Deposit
Agreement.
16. VOTING OF DEPOSITED
SECURITIES.
Upon receipt of notice of any meeting
of holders of Shares or other Deposited
Securities, if requested in writing by the
Company, the Depositary shall, as soon as
practicable thereafter, mail to the Owners of
Receipts a notice, the form of which notice
shall be in the sole discretion of the Deposi-
tary, which shall contain (a) such information
as is contained in such notice of meeting, and
(b) a statement that the Owners of Receipts as
of the close of business on a specified record
date will be entitled, subject to any applicable
provision of Hong Kong law and of the
Articles of Association of the Company, to
instruct the Depositary as to the exercise of
the voting rights, if any, pertaining to the
amount of Shares or other Deposited Securi-
ties represented by their respective American
Depositary Shares and (c) a statement as to
the manner in which such instructions may be
given. Upon the written request of an Owner
of a Receipt on such record date, received on
or before the date established by the
Depositary for such purpose, the Depositary
shall endeavor in so far as practicable to vote
or cause to be voted the amount of Shares or
other Deposited Securities represented by
such American Depositary Shares evidenced
by such Receipt in accordance with the
instructions set forth in such request. The
Depositary shall not vote or attempt to
exercise the right to vote that attaches to the
Shares or other Deposited Securities, other
than in accordance with such instructions.
17. CHANGES AFFECTING
DEPOSITED SECURITIES.
In circumstances where the provisions
of Section 4.3 of the Deposit Agreement do
not apply, upon any change in nominal value,
change in par value, splitup, consolidation, or
any other reclassification of Deposited
Securities, or upon any recapitalization,
reorganization, merger or consolidation, or
sale of assets affecting the Company or to
which it is a party, any securities which shall
be received by the Depositary or a Custodian
in exchange for or in conversion of or in
respect of Deposited Securities shall be
treated as new Deposited Securities under the
Deposit Agreement, and American De-
positary Shares shall thenceforth represent the
new Deposited Securities so received in
exchange or conversion, unless additional
Receipts are delivered pursuant to the fol-
lowing sentence. In any such case the
Depositary may, and shall if the Company
shall so request, execute and deliver
additional Receipts as in the case of a
dividend in Shares, or call for the surrender of
outstanding Receipts to be exchanged for new
Receipts specifically describing such new
Deposited Securities.
18. LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY
AND DEPOSITARY.
Neither the Depositary nor the
Company shall incur any liability to any
Owner or holder of any Receipt, if by reason
of any provision of any present or future law
of the United States or any other country, or
of any other governmental or regulatory
authority, or by reason of any provision,
present or future, of the Articles of
Association of the Company, or by reason of
any act of God or war or other circumstances
beyond its control, the Depositary or the
Company shall be prevented or forbidden
from or be subject to any civil or criminal
penalty on account of doing or performing
any act or thing which by the terms of the
Deposit Agreement it is provided shall be
done or performed nor shall the Depositary or
the Company incur any liability to any Owner
or holder of a Receipt by reason of any
nonperformance or delay, caused as aforesaid,
in the performance of any act or thing which
by the terms of the Deposit Agreement it is
provided shall or may be done or performed,
or by reason of any exercise of, or failure to
exercise, any discretion provided for in the
Deposit Agreement. Where, by the terms of a
distribution pursuant to Sections 4.1, 4.2, or
4.3 of the Deposit Agreement, or an offering
or distribution pursuant to Section 4.4 of the
Deposit Agreement, such distribution or
offering may not be made available to
Owners of Receipts, and the Depositary may
not dispose of such distribution or offering on
behalf of such Owners and make the net
proceeds available to such Owners, then the
Depositary shall not make such distribution or
offering, and shall allow any rights, if ap-
plicable, to lapse. Neither the Company nor
the Depositary assumes any obligation or
shall be subject to any liability under the
Deposit Agreement to Owners or holders of
Receipts, except that they agree to perform
their obligations specifically set forth in the
Deposit Agreement without negligence or bad
faith. The Depositary shall not be subject to
any liability with respect to the validity or
worth of the Deposited Securities. Neither
the Depositary nor the Company shall be
under any obligation to appear in, prosecute
or defend any action, suit, or other proceeding
in respect of any Deposited Securities or in
respect of the Receipts, which in its opinion
may involve it in expense or liability, unless
indemnity satisfactory to it against all expense
and liability shall be furnished as often as
may be required, and the Custodian shall not
be under any obligation whatsoever with
respect to such proceedings, the responsibility
of the Custodian being solely to the Deposi-
tary. Neither the Depositary nor the
Company shall be liable for any action or
nonaction by it in reliance upon the advice of
or information from legal counsel,
accountants, any person presenting Shares for
deposit, any Owner or holder of a Receipt, or
any other person believed by it in good faith
to be competent to give such advice or
information. The Depositary shall not be
responsible for any failure to carry out any in-
structions to vote any of the Deposited
Securities, or for the manner in which any
such vote is cast or the effect of any such
vote, provided that any such action or
nonaction is in good faith. The Depositary
shall not be liable for any acts or omissions
made by a successor depositary whether in
connection with a previous act or omission of
the Depositary or in connection with a matter
arising wholly after the removal or
resignation of the Depositary, provided that in
connection with the issue out of which such
potential liability arises the Depositary
performed its obligations without negligence
or bad faith while it acted as Depositary. The
Company agrees to indemnify the Depositary,
its directors, employees, agents and affiliates
and any Custodian against, and hold each of
them harmless from, any liability or expense
(including, but not limited to, the fees and
expenses of counsel) which may arise out of
acts performed or omitted, in accordance with
the provisions of the Deposit Agreement and
of the Receipts, as the same may be amended,
modified, or supplemented from time to time,
(i) by either the Depositary or a Custodian or
their respective directors, employees, agents
and affiliates, except for any liability or
expense arising out of the negligence or bad
faith of either of them, or (ii) by the Company
or any of its directors, employees, agents and
affiliates. No disclaimer of liability under the
Securities Act of 1933 is intended by any
provision of the Deposit Agreement.
19. RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL
OF THE DEPOSITARY.
The Depositary may at any time
resign as Depositary hereunder by written
notice of its election so to do delivered to the
Company, such resignation to take effect
upon the appointment of a successor
depositary and its acceptance of such appoint-
ment as provided in the Deposit Agreement.
The Depositary may at any time be removed
by the Company by written notice of such
removal, effective upon the appointment of a
successor depositary and its acceptance of
such appointment as provided in the Deposit
Agreement. Whenever the Depositary in its
discretion determines that it is in the best
interest of the Owners of Receipts to do so, it
may appoint a substitute or additional
custodian or custodians.
20. AMENDMENT.
The form of the Receipts and any
provisions of the Deposit Agreement may at
any time and from time to time be amended
by agreement between the Company and the
Depositary in any respect which they may
deem necessary or desirable. Any
amendment which shall impose or increase
any fees or charges (other than taxes and
other governmental charges, registration fees,
cable, telex or facsimile transmission costs,
delivery costs or other such expenses), or
which shall otherwise prejudice any
substantial existing right of Owners of
Receipts, shall, however, not become
effective as to outstanding Receipts until the
expiration of thirty days after notice of such
amendment shall have been given to the
Owners of outstanding Receipts. Every
Owner of a Receipt at the time any
amendment so becomes effective shall be
deemed, by continuing to hold such Receipt,
to consent and agree to such amendment and
to be bound by the Deposit Agreement as
amended thereby. In no event shall any
amendment impair the right of the Owner of
any Receipt to surrender such Receipt and
receive therefor the Deposited Securities
represented thereby except in order to comply
with mandatory provisions of applicable law.
21. TERMINATION OF DEPOSIT
AGREEMENT.
The Depositary shall at any time at the
direction of the Company terminate the
Deposit Agreement by mailing notice of such
termination to the Owners of all Receipts then
outstanding at least 90 days prior to the date
fixed in such notice for such termination.
The Depositary may likewise terminate the
Deposit Agreement by mailing notice of such
termination to the Company and the Owners
of all Receipts then outstanding if at any time
90 days shall have expired after the
Depositary shall have delivered to the
Company a written notice of its election to
resign and a successor depositary shall not
have been appointed and accepted its
appointment as provided in the Deposit
Agreement. On and after the date of
termination, the Owner of a Receipt, will
upon (a) surrender of such Receipt at the
Corporate Trust Office of the Depositary, (b)
payment of the fee of the Depositary for the
surrender of Receipts referred to in Section
2.5 of the Deposit Agreement, and (c)
payment of any applicable taxes or
governmental charges, will be entitled to
delivery, to him or upon his order, of the
amount of Deposited Securities represented
by the American Depositary Shares evidenced
by such Receipt. If any Receipts shall remain
outstanding after the date of termination, the
Depositary thereafter shall discontinue the
registration of transfers of Receipts, shall
suspend the distribution of dividends to the
Owners thereof, and shall not give any further
notices or perform any further acts under the
Deposit Agreement, except that the
Depositary shall continue to collect dividends
and other distributions pertaining to
Deposited Securities, shall sell rights as
provided in the Deposit Agreement, and shall
continue to deliver Deposited Securities, to-
gether with any dividends or other
distributions received with respect thereto and
the net proceeds of the sale of any rights or
other property, in exchange for Receipts sur-
rendered to the Depositary (after deducting, in
each case, the fee of the Depositary for the
surrender of a Receipt, any expenses for the
account of the Owner of such Receipt in ac-
cordance with the terms and conditions of the
Deposit Agreement, and any applicable taxes
or governmental charges). At any time after
the expiration of one year from the date of
termination, the Depositary may sell the
Deposited Securities then held under the
Deposit Agreement and may thereafter hold
uninvested the net proceeds of any such sale,
together with any other cash then held by it
thereunder, unsegregated and without liability
for interest, for the pro rata benefit of the
Owners of Receipts which have not
theretofore been surrendered, such Owners
thereupon becoming general creditors of the
Depositary with respect to such net proceeds.
After making such sale, the Depositary shall
be discharged from all obligations under the
Deposit Agreement, except to account for
such net proceeds and other cash (after
deducting, in each case, the fee of the
Depositary for the surrender of a Receipt, any
expenses for the account of the Owner of
such Receipt in accordance with the terms
and conditions of the Deposit Agreement, and
any applicable taxes or governmental
charges). Upon the termination of the
Deposit Agreement, the Company shall be
discharged from all obligations under the
Deposit Agreement except for its obligations
to the Depositary with respect to indemnifica-
tion, charges, and expenses.
22. COMPLIANCE WITH U.S.
SECURITIES LAWS.
Notwithstanding anything in the
Deposit Agreement or this Receipt to the
contrary, the Company and the Depositary
each agrees that it will not exercise any rights
it has under the Deposit Agreement to prevent
the withdrawal or delivery of Deposited
Securities in a manner which would violate
the U.S. securities laws, including, but not
limited to, Section I.A.(1) of the General
Instructions to the Form F6 Registration
Statement, as amended from time to time,
under the Securities Act of 1933.
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